RSS Aggregator

A simple RSS feed aggregator that allows users to:

• Add RSS feeds to be collected.
• Follow and un-follow RSS feeds that they have added.
• Fetch the latest posts from the RSS feeds they follow.

API Routes

General

• GET /v1/ping: health check endpoint.

Users

• POST /v1/users: create a new user.
  • request body:

    { "name": "string" }

• GET /v1/users (requires authentication): get current user details.
• DELETE /v1/users (requires authentication): delete current user.
• GET /v1/users/posts (requires authentication): get posts from the feeds the current user follows.

Feeds

• POST /v1/feeds: add a new feed.
  • request body:

    {
      "name": "string",
      "url": "string"
    }

• GET /v1/feeds (requires authentication): get all feeds.
• DELETE /v1/feeds/{id} (requires authentication): delete a feed by ID.
• POST /v1/feeds/{id}/follow (requires authentication): follow a feed by ID.

Feed Follows

• GET /v1/feed-follows (requires authentication): get all followed feeds.
• DELETE /v1/feed-follows/{id} (requires authentication): unfollow a feed by ID.

Setup and Installation

Prerequisites

• Go 1.22.3 or later
• PostgreSQL 16.0 or later

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/tariqs26/rss-aggregator.git
cd rss-aggregator

Install Dependencies

This project uses the following Go packages:

go get github.com/joho/godotenv@v1.5.1
go get github.com/go-chi/chi/v5@v5.0.12
go get github.com/google/uuid@v1.6.0
go get github.com/lib/pq@v1.10.9
go get github.com/rs/cors@v1.11.0

Additional Tools

• sqlc for generating type-safe code from SQL.

  go install github.com/sqlc-dev/sqlc/cmd/sqlc@latest

• goose for database migrations.

  go install github.com/pressly/goose/v3/cmd/goose@latest

Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root directory of your project and add the following environment variables:

PORT=8080
DATABASE_URL=postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/yourdbname?sslmode=disable

Replace username, password, localhost:5432, and yourdbname with your PostgreSQL credentials and database details.

Usage

Apply Migrations

Navigate to the directory containing the migration files and run goose to apply the migrations:

cd sql/schema
goose -dir . postgres "postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/yourdbname?sslmode=disable" up

Generate SQLC Code

Generate the SQLC code for interacting with the database:

sqlc generate

Build and Run the Server

Compile the server and run it:

go build -o rss-aggregator
./rss-aggregator

The server will start on the port specified in the .env file (default is 8080).